Indian Forest Service Examination

All India

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IFS Exam

Exam Date: 01 Jul 17

The Indian Forest Service (IFS) is the Forestry service of India It is one of the three All India Services of the Indian government, along with the Indian Administrative Service and Indian Police Service; its employees are recruited by the national government but serve under the state governments or Central GovernmentThe Indian forest service: Its origin and progress by R C Milward

Exam Information

Eligibility

Age limits Not less than 21 years and not more than 30 years on July, 2012

The upper age limit is relaxable for SC/ST/OBC classes and certain other categories of candidates to the extent specified in the notice

Educational qualifications Bachelor’s degree of a recognized university with at least one of the subjects namely Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology or a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Forestry or in Engineering or an equivalent qualification

Candidates who qualify on the basis of results of the written part of the examination will be summoned for personality test

Physical standards Candidates must be physically fit according to the regulations given in appendix-II of rules for the Indian Forest Service Examination, 2012 published in Gazette of India dtd March, 2012

Number of attempts The maximum number of attempts permissible to different categories of aspirants, who are otherwise eligible, will be as follows